a word from our directorOur 10th anniversary year has featured

unforgettable stories so far: two 101-year-old veterans—Austin McGrath (Navy SeaBees) and Joseph Wilbon (Army Air Corps)—shared their memories of WWII. Tom Holzer told us about his M42 Duster in Vietnam. Lee Vega testified about what her five years in the Army taught her. Ma-rine Gus Melis came forward about his combat experiences for the first time, in-cluding the horrible Battle of Dai Do in

1968. Stan Williamson recalled his 20-year Navy career that took him to 55 countries. And Eric Howze spoke movingly about his struggle with homelessness after returning from Iraq. These were just a few of the re-markable memories shared at our spring events, not to mention the hilarious Boot Camp stories. We have much more to come this summer. All our events are open to the public, and everyone is welcome. Join us!

find our updated schedule, photos, stories and more at veteransbreakfastclub.comRSVP to 412-623-9029 or lauren@veteransbreakfastclub.com • 200 Magnolia Place Pittsburgh, PA 15228

veteransbreakfastclub.com The Veterans Breakfast Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

event details insideVBC 10th Anniversary Celebration,

WWII Battlefield Tour of Europe, VBC Breakfasts, VBC at Night, “Bridging the

Gap” panel discussions, and more!

SUMMER 2018 NEWSLETTER • VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2

The Veterans breakfast club

Todd DePastinoExecutive Director

travel with the vbc to europe!

September 11-25, 2018Travel with the VBC on our WWII Battlefield Tour of Europe this September as we follow the footsteps of the Band of Broth-ers, from Normandy to the Eagle’s Nest in the Bavarian Alps. WWII veteran Warren Goss, who landed on Utah Beach on D-Day and fought his way to Germany, will accompany us and be our guide as we tour the Nor-mandy beaches and other sites. We’ll also see Paris, Ver-sailles, Eindhoven, Holland, Bastogne, Belgium, Luxembourg, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, and Berchtesgaden before celebrating Oktoberfest in Munich! The Trip of a Lifetime.

Land Tour Rate: $5,495Optional Roundtrip Air: $1,150Deposit Due: June 30For questions, details, and the full itinerary, go to VeteransBreakfast Club.com or contact Todd at todd@veteransbreakfastclub.com or 412-623-9029.

DETAILS INSIDE (Page 4)

Warren had the photo on the left taken after the Normandy Invasion in June 1944. He sent it to his mother with a note on the back: “I made it.” On the right

is Warren telling his story at a VBC event.

Map of Itinerary

ALL ARE WELCOME!Breakfasts begin at 8:30 A.M. $12 for

breakfast at all locations unless otherwise noted. Just to attend is free.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 98:30-10:30am

FREE BREAKFAST at the Spring Valley Community, Fayette County 100 Spring Valley Road, Farmington, PA 15437. Just off Farmington-Ohiopyle Road/Rt.-381. Follow signs to the dining hall. RSVP to Lauren at 412-623-9029 or lauren@veteransbreak-fastclub.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 138:30-10:30am

Christ Church at Grove Farm (249 Duff Rd, Sewickley 15143) Directions: I-79 to Exit 68, east on Mt. Nebo Rd 1/2 mile, right on Duff Rd.

TUESDAY, JUNE 198:30-10:30am

Christ United Methodist Church (44 Highland Rd, Bethel Park, 15102)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 49-11am

FREE BREAKFAST in John-stown! Conemaugh Township Fire Department, 1942 Kring St, Tire Hill, PA 15959 (Richland American Legion Post #849 pro-viding breakfast).

WEDNESDAY, JULY 119-11AM

FREE EVENT: Mars VFW 331 Mars Valencia Road, Mars, PA 16046.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 8:30-10:30am

Breakfast at the 911th Airlift Wing on September 11 MWR Club, 911th Airlift Wing, 2475 Defense Ave-nue, Coraopolis, PA 15108, United StatesBreakfast and stories at the MWR Club! COST: $15. RSVP RE-QUIRED. MUST PRE-PAY BY Sep-tember 2. Send names and birth-dates of all attendees with check for $15/per person, payable to “Veter-ans Breakfast Club,” 200 Magnolia Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15228. All attendees MUST present valid pho-to ID with birthdate to enter base. Retired military may enter without sending birthdate ahead of time. For more info, call: 412-623-9029 Email: todd@veteransbreakfast-club.com

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 89:30-11:30am

FREE BREAKFAST! Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Main in Oak-land (4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 258:30-10:30am

Christ United Methodist Church (44 Highland Rd, Bethel Park, 15102)

upcomingMorning events

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RSVP FOR ALL EVENTS TO

lauren@veteransbreakfastclub.com or 412-623-9029

WEDNESDAY, JULY 188:30-10:30am

RMU Yorktown Hall (former Holiday Inn, 8256 University Blvd, Moon 15108)

TUESDAY, JULY 248:30-10:30am

Christ United Methodist Church (44 Highland Rd, Bethel Park, 15102)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18:30-10:30am

Seven Oaks Country Club (132 Lis-bon Rd, Beaver 15009)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 48-10am

NEW LOCATION: Ramada Hotel & Conference Center, 1450 S Ath-erton St, State College, PA 16801. This event is underwritten by the generous support of the Pennsyl-vania State Society Children of the American Revolution. Veterans will eat FREE, non-veterans cost is $16.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 108:30-10:30am

Comfort Inn Conference Center (699 Rodi Rd, Penn Hills 15235)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 158:30-10:30am

Memorial Park Presbyterian Church (8800 Peebles Rd, Allison Park 15101)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 288:30-10:30am

Salvatore’s Banquets (5001 Curry Rd, Baldwin 15236)

THURSDAY, JULY 127pm

“Should We Bring Back the Draft?”:

A Community Conversation at the Senator John Heinz

History CenterVBC “Bridging the Gap” Event in partnership with the Senator

John Heinz History CenterAt a time of a growing Civil-ian-Military Divide, when one-half of one percent of the pop-ulation serves on active-duty in the armed forces, an increasing number of voices are calling for re-instating the Draft. Those in favor argue that the Draft would distribute the burdens of military service more equi-tably across the nation, while those against contend it would weaken our military and divide the country further. This pan-el discussion convenes experts and veterans to look at all sides of the issue, as well as the his-tory and possible futures of the Draft. Please join us for this lively conversation. Everyone is welcome! Light refreshments will be served.

FRIDAY, JULY 206:30PM

McMurray VFW Post 764 (460 Valley Brook Rd, McMurray,

PA 15317)

MONDAY, AUGUST 66:30PM

Spoonwood Brewing (5981 Baptist Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15236)

free food, cash bar

6th grade Jefferson Middle SchoolAmerican Merchant Marine Veterans, Three Rivers Chapter - In memory of Allan DePastinoHartley BairdKelly BarberJoe and Rosemarie CaponeFred Castro - In loving memory of WWII veteran William “Bill” SharkeyAl DeFazio & Valeria Vacula - In loving memory of my brother, Pat DeFazio, Battle of the Bulge Ethel DeiuliisPatricia Doherty - In loving memory of WWII veter-an William “Bill” SharkeyGayle Woodward Ferree and Family - In loving memory of WWII veteran William “Bill” SharkeyJane Frankel - In honor of Joseph Zimbicki’s 100th Birthday!George FreasAntia Gervasi & children - In memory of Louis Vin-cent Pugliese, Navy, Aug. 19, 1929-Jan. 10, 2018Blair JacobsonChuck Jenkins - In memory of the 14 Marines of Del-ta Co., 1st Bn, 5th Marines KIA in Battle of Hue CityChuck Jenkins - In memory of the 19 Marines of Delta Co, 1st Bn, 5th Marines, KIA May 12, 1967, Oper-ation Union I, Semper FiLynne JohnsonBill LaughnerAndy LoebMargaret Mailey & Rhonda Rombach - In loving memory of WWII veteran William “Bill” SharkeyBob O’GaraNed Pfundt - In memory of George KokikoPittsburgh Banjo Club - In honor of Bob Fritsch, Korean War veteranAlfiero PolliceBob RiordanDavid Schreiber - In loving memory of WWII veter-an William “Bill” SharkeyLee SilvermanSandy & Dom Simonetti - In loving memory of WWII veteran William “Bill” SharkeyConnor Smith - G/2/5 Forever!Charles SmithersSharon SteinmetzBobb StevensTimothy & Mary Lou Sullivan - In loving memory of WWII veteran William “Bill” SharkeyGuy Tressler III - In memory of WWII veteran Guy TresslerTurbo-Air Refrigeration - In loving memory of WWII veteran William “Bill” SharkeyWalmart Bethel ParkEdward Wieszczynski

upcoming vbc at night events

thank you to the following for your recent donations!

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Congratulations to Harry Van Riper, recipient of Penn-

sylvania American Legion 2018 Post Chaplain of the

Year Award!

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Travel with the VBC on our WWII Battlefield Tour of Europe this September as we follow the footsteps of the Band of Brothers, from Normandy to the Eagle’s Nest in the Bavarian Alps. Todd DePastino, Director of the Veterans Breakfast Club, will serve as the His-torian on the trip, accompanied by local guides and experts all along the way, including D-Day veteran, Warren Goss. The Trip of a Lifetime.

For questions, details, and the full itinerary, go to VeteransBreakfastClub.com or contact Todd at

todd@veteransbreakfastclub.com or 412-623-9029.

travel with the vbc to europe!

Day 1 Sept 11 Overnight travel to Paris Day 2 Sept 12 Champs-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Montparnasse Tower, Welcome DinnerDay 3 Sept 13 Musee de L’Armee, free afternoon in ParisDay 4 Sept 14 Versailles, then Normandy and D-Day Museum, hotel 1k from Omaha BeachDay 5 Sept 15 Utah Beach, Roosevelt Café, Brecourt Manor, Ste. Mere-Eglise, Grain Barn apertifsDay 6 Sept 16 Overlord Museum, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy American Cemetery, Omaha BeachDay 7 Sept 17 Normandy to Eindhoven, Holland. Dinner in Eindhoven.Day 8 Sept 18 Wings of Liberation Museum, festive “Remember September,” Parade of LightsDay 9 Sept 19 Belgium Five Points Café, and a tour of the Baugnez Crossroads MuseumDay 10 Sept 20 Bastogne, 101st MuseumDay 11 Sept 21 Luxembourg, Battle of the Bulge his-toryDay 12 Sept 22 American Cemetery in Luxembourg, to Stuttgart, HeidelbergDay 13 Sept 23 Dachau and Final Solution, Munich OktoberfestDay 14 Sept 24 Obersalzberg, Bavarian Alps, Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest,” Farewell DinnerDay 15 Sept 25 Final breakfast and return trip home!

ITINERARY AT A GLANCE

LAND RATE: $5,495 per person Double Occupan-cy, Single Supple-

ment $999 Optional

Roundtrip Group Air from Pitts-burgh to Paris:

$1,150 (American Airlines via Phila-

delphia)

Deposit Due: June 30

map of itinerary

The VBC is celebrating its 10th birthday!

Since 2008, the Veterans Breakfast Club has hosted over 30,000 people at over 350 storytelling events. They come to listen and to learn, to share and to heal, and to say thank you to those who’ve served. This year, we’ve decided to mark our 10th anniversary with a big celebration which will raise funds to support our storytelling programs. The VBC will also honor and recognize four Veteran Voices of the Year, one each from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Global War on Terror eras.

Springwood Manor

ANNUAL GALA The Veterans Breakfast Club’s

AUGUST 25, 20186-11 PM | Springwood Manor | 1000 Indiana Rd, Verona, PA, 15147

Cocktail Attire or Military Uniform Suggested

Please Join Us for this CelebrationThe VBC is celebrating its 10th birthday!

Sponsors:

The Shah-nini George FoundationJoseph George

Julian Gray AssociatesJefferson Memorial Funeral Home

ManorcareInterim Healthcare

Leadership PittsburghPA Health and Wellness

Honor, Recognition or Memorial ListingListing in Program $100 (30 words maximum)

Other sponsorships and ads available:Program Ads

Half Page $500 (5” W x 4”, b&w)Full Page $750 (5” x 8”, b&w)

Other opportunities available at the $7,500, $5,000, $2,500 and $1,500 levels.

$65 Veteran Admission$80 General Admission

Included in the ticket price are open bar premium wine and beer, hearty hors d’oeuvres, and high quality auction items, all in a stately wooded

setting.

Go online for tickets to:VeteransBreakfastClub.com/gala

or go directly to: showclix.com/vbc-s-10th-anniversary-gala-celebration)or

Send check payment to:Veterans Breakfast Club

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For information on event sponsorship or to confirm your program ad or listing, please contact Lauren Del Ricci at 412.623.9029 or

lauren@veteransbreakfastclub.com.All program ads and listings are due by August 1, 2018.

It was the 14th of January, 1944 and it snowed about four inches that night, it was one of the worst winters Italy had in a long time. I was turning nineteen. I didn’t tell anyone, didn’t want them throwing me a party, as if they could have anyways. We went on watches: four hours on, four hours off. We were in a wooded area and to the right a plateau, it had big rocks. As you looked out, you saw the Rapido River that lead across to Monte Cassino, where there was an ancient abbey.

Now and then the Germans would lob a shell near us. There was a direct hit on one guy in our foxhole. He was only twenty or twenty-five feet from me. It got him right in the heart. He looked up at us and said, “Please, can you help me?” and died right there. That night for some reason I couldn’t stop thinking of that kid.

…

Our commanding officer was a redhead. We called him Lt. Spike. He called us together and told us, “I’m your new company commander. Most of you guys will be killed before I even learn your names.” That didn’t go over well with the guys. I don’t think he should have said it . . . but he was right.

Lt. Spike made his rounds to get acquainted with ev-erybody, and he came up to me and my buddy who I went through all of basic training with.

“You two guys look so much alike I can’t tell you apart, almost twins,” he said, then walked away.

We loaded into rubber rafts and crossed the Rapido. I started forward with my look-alike about five feet to my left and a couple of feet behind me. I didn’t see anybody else. Everybody was back at the river, still crossing. So far, there were no shots from the Germans. They must have taken off, I thought to myself.

Then, a shell exploded behind me. The force of it blew me two feet into a drainage ditch full of water. I was stunned

and for a minute I didn’t know where I was, but I felt a pain behind me. I stuck my hand back there and my finger felt a hole. Blood. My backpack was shattered, my shirt torn up. I reached back again. Another hole and more blood.

I cast over to my look-alike. His whole back was shot out. He probably took the brunt of it, saving me. I knew he was gone. I’m not sure why, but for the life of me I just can’t re-member his name. It’s been over seventy years since this all has happened and for seventy years I have tried to remember his name. I think because of what I saw and the fact that he became my best buddy, I just blocked it from mind, and for that reason I can’t remember his name.

The lieutenant hollered over to me.“Are you guys all right?” “No lieutenant,” I answered, “I’m hit in two places and my

buddy, I think, is gone.” “Get back to the river and get some help,” he ordered. I was so far away from everybody. How in the world was I

going to make it back there? Small arms fire, machine guns, everything was coming in heavy. All I could think of was my mother. How would she handle the news of my being wound-ed . . . or worse?

I had to make a decision. Either I had to expose myself to fire and try to get some help or stay in the cover of the ditch and maybe bleed to death. If I was alive in the morning, I rea-soned, the Germans would capture me. So, I took a chance and started back.

stories from

our vetsCrossing the Rapido River, 1944

By Al DeFazio

Albert DeFazio served in World War II in Company A in the 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. As the son of immigrants, Al grew up speaking Italian. Drafted into the Army, Al eventually shipped overseas and fought not far from his parents’ hometown. The objective was Mon-te Cassino, which guarded the way to Rome. Al’s regiment was given the impossible task of crossing the river beneath the mountain. It made two attempts, so bloody they all but wiped out the regiment. The Battle of Rapido River was one of the great Allied failures of World War II. Al DeFazio sur-vived, and he has shared his story at our VBC events.

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Al DeFazio (left) appears in this well-known photo (right) taken in a landing craft at Anzio. Al is in the far left rear of

the craft.

Gunfire whizzed past me as—through my limping legs, all around. How in the world I didn’t get hit I’ll never know. The good Lord was with me, I guess.

I had almost reached the river when a shell hit to my left. A GI bounced about a foot off the ground. I detoured to the wounded GI. It was Lt. Spike, shot up pretty bad and moan-ing. He had taken a direct hit, but he wasn’t dead.

I called to another soldier, and we loaded Lt. Spike into a raft and shimmied across the cold high water. A field hospital was miles down river, away from the front lines. We trudged along the riverbank, dragging Lt. Spike’s raft in the shallow water. I was hurting, but when you’re scared, you can do any-thing.

We got to the hospital and saw guys lying all over the place, packed inside and out. I caught an orderly walking by.

“We’ll take him,” the orderly said, glancing at Lt. Spike. “How about you?”

“I’m hit in two places,” I told him.“Will you be alright for a few minutes?” he asked. “Sure,” I replied. It wasn’t long before the orderly came back for me and

put me on a stretcher. The doctors and nurses at the field hospital were fantastic. Nurses talked to us and tried to keep us calm.

I will never forget what they did for me. They took me to the operating table and next think I knew, I woke up in a hospital in Naples.

I received the Bronze Star for my actions that day. But it took sixty years to get it. I did get my Purple Heart right away. I could have kept going back across the river alone, but I knew I had to help the lieutenant.

While recuperating in the hospital, I thought of my look-alike, my best buddy who died in my arms. With nothing to do, I wrote a poem. Here it is below, just how I wrote it. Mis-spelled words and all.

A Friend DiedI crowled out of my hole, when the firing was done I

looked for my friend but found only his gun. I looked all around but no one in sight, only the dead men who died in the fight.

I herd someone call in the still of the night, there lie my friend neath the stars so bright, I knelt by his side and I picked up his head he looked in my face and the last words he said, please write to my mother and let her know that God has called and I must suddenly go. He gave a last breath and he gave a last sigh and the tears ran down from my eyes. Oh please God in heaven take care of my friend it wasn’t his fault that his life had to end. And now that he’s gone I feel that I’m lost all get them old jerries no matter the cost.

About ten years ago, someone gave me a book about my division. It had everyone’s names in it. I found Lt. Spike’s name: Francis Gorman from Massachusetts, listed as WIA – Wounded in Action. He made it.

The 36th Division failed to cross the Rapido River. Of the 6,000 men who participated, 2,128 were killed or wounded. I got patched up and rejoined the division to fight at Anzio, where I was wounded again, this time for good.

After the war, it took me years before I could sleep through the night. The nightmares were awful. I would startle easily and didn’t know why. I didn’t go out much. It took sixty years before I found out I had something called Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. But I have no regrets. I served my country, and it owes me nothing. I just feel sorry for the ones who never made it back.

Excerpted from The Italian Campaign: One Soldier’s Story of a Forgotten War by Albert DeFazio as told to Valerie DeFazio

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We salute the Veterans Breakfast Club as they capture the history of the men and women who served our country.

Our wish is to respect yours…

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VBC 2017 Annual Report

Income by source

Grants

ProgramFees

FundraisingEvent

Donations

Sponsorships& Ads

Miscellaneous

1%

57%

15%

11%

8%

8%

expenditures by program

51%

30%

14%Morning& EveningPrograms

Digital Media

Administrative

Fundraising

5%

65 Total Events

44 MORNING EVENTS

21 EVENING EVENTS

5,015 EVENT ATTENDEES

700+ VETERANS’ STORIES RECORDED

43 PODCASTS RELEASED WITH

8,589 TOTAL LISTENS

112 media productions including podcasts, long form video

Since 2008, the Veterans Breakfast Club has been creating com-munities of listening around veterans and their stories. We’ve held over 350 veteran storytelling events—all open to the public—with almost 30,000 people attending. Our mission is to connect veterans to the community through their stories—to educate, to inspire, and to heal. We record the stories told and share our interviews and conversations with veterans through podcasts, videos, and radio shorts. Listening to veterans is the best way to thank them for their service.

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interviews, short form audio and video stories and live event recordings

snapshot of 2017

financial highlights

“ It has given me a much truer idea of what our military con-flicts are about: the good and the bad, real, no varnish, no skipping the difficult parts.

-Non-veteran ”[VBC events] make me feel that I am not alone in this world. “ ” -Post 9/11 veteran

This is the most therapeutic thing I have done post-Army. “ ” -Post 9/11 veteran

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to vbc veterans and friends who recently passed, we salute you.

Ray Book, WWII Army • Walter Carson, WWII Army • Don Cue, Korea Army • Bill Deiss, Vietnam Army • Virginia Eberharter, Navy WWII-Cold War Bob Loftus, WWII Army • Ralph Logan, WWII Army Air Corps • Dean McMillen, Cold War Navy • George Milne, WWII Navy • Paul Mulvehill, WWII, Korea, Navy • Donald Myers, WWII Marines • Ed Ott, Cold War Navy • Florence “Shutsy” Reynolds, WASP WWII • Cathy Schaughency, WWII Home-front • Bill Sharkey, WWII Navy • George Spauld-ing, WWII Army • George Wray, WWII Army

Ralph Zyskowski, WWII Army

Virginia Eberharter and Florence “Shutsy” Reynolds

Donald Myers

Ray Amelio, President • Ben Stahl, Vice President Amber Spells, Trea-surer • Michelle Zmijanac, Secretary • Clem Blazewick • Dana Del Bi-anco • Brian Finley • Sharon George • George Haught • Jake Voelker

Ben Wright

Todd DePastino, Executive Director • Nick Grimes, Director of Pro-grams and Operations • Lauren Del Ricci, Executive Assistant • Kevin Farkas, Media Producer • Betty Karleski, Administrator • Josiah Gil-

liam, Webmaster • Leonard Hammonds, Outreach • Ellie DePastino, Contract Designer

Ed Blank • Michelle Cheberenchick • Jerry Fisher Marshall Gordon Jim Jamieson

VBC Board of Directors

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DO YOU HAVE A RELATIVE WHO SERVED WITH THE 80TH BLUE RIDGE DIVISION IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR?

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